Pie, Pio, Plac & Plea
Alyssa Brignola


Pio: religious
›Impious: (adjective)not showing respect or reverence. › The student was fearful of seeming impious when he disagreed with the teacher. ›Espionage: (noun) the practice of spying or using spies › Large agencies often turned their skills toward economic espionage.
Pie: Religious ›Piety (noun): stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.› Christians involved in their church partake in acts of piety and charity.
Plac: calm, to please ›Placate: (verb) make someone less angry or hostile › The children tried to placate their mother by washing the dishes.›Placebo: (noun) a harmless pill › The women taking the placebo did not get the same results as the woman taking the real medicine.
Plea: appeal ›Plead: (verb) to make an emotional request› The defendant pleaded not guilty.